Bug DropdownField missing 'choices' property/field

Hi,

it seems that the DropdownField class is missing the 'choices' property.

According to the example we should be able to find the dropdown field in the UXML tree and then be able to set the choices value:

Code (CSharp):

1. // Get a reference to the dropdown field from UXML and assign it its value.
2. var uxmlField = container.Q<DropdownField>("the-uxml-field");
3. uxmlField.choices = choices;
4. uxmlField.value = choices[0];

Currently the only way is to create the DropdownField in c# and set the choices list directly in the constructor.

Edit: So I was looking at the wrong cs file of Dropdownfield, it does have a choices property but it's seems it's not exposing it, so you can't set/get it.

The Scripting API also shows no sign of a choices property:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.UIElements.DropdownField.html

Tested in Unity 2021.1.1f & 2021.1.2f, trying to use it for a custom inspector.

 

Hi,

thx for the response, good to know, so I won't file this as a bug

 

omg, really? I mean REALLY?
I can use the UIBuilder to build my UI using Dropdown fields and then i cannot fill it programmatically with choices because the choices field is internal?

 

Ah! Great! Thanks for response! I'm using latest 2021 (2021.1.15).

Upgrading now!

 

Are there any plans to backport the fix to 2021 ?

 

I mean, the surprises I keep finding with this UIBuilder UIToolkit has brought me to the point of questioning why am I bothering multiple multiple x 10 times.

Is UIToolkit / Builder / Runtime support really going to be functional when 2021 comes out? This is a serious question as I am planning on releasing making use of .uss/ .uxml as it opens up the UI coding to web devs.

Updating to latest alpha and edited rant, but it has been a frustrating process.

 

Isn't it possible to fix the issue in the package only? So we don't have to upgrade the whole project to another engine version, possibly causing some issues in the process.

I'm using 2021.1.19f1 and I wouldn't like to change to a beta version.

Would be great if that option was available.

 

I have upgraded to 2021.2.2f1, and now i can see choices in the dropdownfield, but i dont know how to make it work with code, when i fill option with the code, and set value (select option) in the code, it doesn't work

 

yep, now i can do it when calling at LateUpdate() or after LateUpdate(). But when i want fill data at Start() function, it doesn't work.

 

I'm having this issue now, where Visual Studio can't recognize the part "container" in the script. Any idea?